Question

Complete the sentence by using an appropriate word in the blank;
The poet’s mother was stung ______ a scorpion.

Answer 1

Hint: We can get the answer once we focus and read the sentence a few times. We might get a few options in mind initially, but there can only be one answer that fits perfectly to describe that situation. Clearly a preposition must be used, and to find the preposition try to form a question out of the given sentence. The idea of the sentence should indicate what the blank could contain

Complete answer:
After we have read the question, we will have a few suitable options for the prepositions that can be the answer to that question. But how do we confirm what the answer is?

The idea behind the sentence is that: A scorpion is the object that has performed the action of ‘stinging’ the poet’s mother, so automatically the question we can ask for this statement to be the answer would be:
What was the poet’s mother stung ‘by’?
So from there we can understand that the only possible answer will be ‘by’.
Now the complete sentence will be: The poet’s mother was stung by a scorpion.

The final answer within the blank will be the preposition: ‘by’.


Note: Let us see how we can stay clear about what an adjective or adverb is. We will clear up the misconceptions.
- Adjectives are able to talk about nouns or describe them. It is clearly a dependent entity. So it normally precedes or it is succeeded by the object that is described by the word that would be the adjective. It can be positive or negative. It can also say what the quantity of the word it describes or in other cases its quality.
- Now take a look at adverbs, they are what can describe or change adjectives or other adverbs and verbs. It is also able to describe an entire sentence. Common idea is that it ends with –ly , but that is not possible for every adverb. It has the potential to change or add meaning to a word.